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Ministry of Finance of Estonia
Auditing Structural Funds in a new Member State: the case of Estonia
Helen Petrov
Setup in Estonia
Ministry of Finance
FIRST LEVEL IMPLEMENTING BODIES(MINISTRIES and STATE CHANCELLERY)
Final Recipients
Managing Authority Certifying Authority Auditing Authority
SECOND LEVEL IMPLEMETING BODIES(State Agencies, Inspectorates, State
Foundations)
Audit Authority
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Estonia
The Roles of Estonian Audit Authority in 2007-2013
• Compliance assessments• Audits of management and control systems• Audits of operations
• Audit strategy• Annual Control Report• Opinion on the management and control systems• Closure declaration
Preparing for the period 2007-2013 (1)
• Legal basis for new period is established
• One operational programme is approved, two to go
• The first level and the second level implementing bodies remain mostly the same
• The compliance assessments are finished by November 2007
• Management and control systems audits in 2008
Preparing for the period 2007-2013 (2)
• Audit function more centralised to the Audit Authority
• Audit strategy is crucial
• Sampling methodology and increased audit workload?
• The new sampling methodology provides higher assurance – helps towards positive DAS
• Providing reasonable assurance to Commission that the systems function effectively
Freedom of information in Estonia
• Audit reports are public
• Information about the irregularities is public
• Information about the recoveries is public
•Available at the website of the Ministry of Finance www.fin.ee